Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran

Title

Salman Rushdie affair affects Britons held in Iran

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:11

Description

Conservative MP Nicholas Baker, a friend of Roger Cooper held in Iran for nearly 4 years on spying charges without trial, talks about the impact that Salman Rushdie’s book and the resulting fatwa has had on the relations between Britain and Iran and how this affects Cooper’s chances for release. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Nicholas Baker

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; International relations; Freedom of expression; Novelists; Diplomacy; Islam; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Islamic law; Roger Cooper; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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